What New Buildings Had City Abuzz in 1911? – This Forgotten Day in Houston

On this day, Harris County was still buzzing after celebrating the opening of two new buildings, the Courthouse at Preston and San Jacinto, and Union Station, which is now a part of Minute Maid Park.

A ceremony for Union Station was held on March 1st, and it was estimated that as many as 10,000 people visited the station that day, though the Chronicle wrote it was impossible to get an accurate count, as “the throng moved constantly” even while speaking during the dedication was in progress.

On March 2, thousands of people visited what was billed as the finest Courthouse in the southwest, with it’s granite and brick exterior, and marble staircase in the rotunda.